Calling & Clarity

The Rev. Becca Kello is an Episcopal priest living and serving in Lexington, Kentucky. She often finds God’s presence in nature while hiking or out playing with her dogs, Coakley and Oliver. She is passionate about the intersections of faith and justice, and all sorts of discernment that leads to a clarity of calling.

  • Thunderstorms are my favorite! Continue reading

  • Soundtrack of a Funeral

    On a morbid note, I have found the song I want at my funeral. Some people hear songs and want them for their weddings and other special occasions, but I am really enjoying thinking about the songs played at my… Continue reading

  • Pondering the purpose of worship and how we came to define it the way we do. Continue reading

  • Elizabeth Gilbert eased me out of my mid-twenties crisis.

    Her book Eat, Pray, Love, which you may have read because you like the Oprah book club or refused to read because you hate anything Oprah endorses (which is where most of my friends fall), helped me become comfortable with… Continue reading

  • Unlike 6.4% of my FB friends, I’m not pregnant!

    It’s the issue that most single women in their mid-twenties deal with: seems like the rest of the world is having babies and I’m still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up. It’s not the… Continue reading

  • Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen. And a fine things, too, in its way; but we… Continue reading

  • Don Miller should be required reading for twenty-somethings.

    A Million Miles in A Thousand Years—Donald Miller There’s something about Miller and the way he tells stories. I’ve not read all of his books, but when I read my first Miller book, Through Painted Deserts, I fell in love… Continue reading

  • Two-thousand-nine was mighty fine.

    Probably the biggest value of a blog or a journal is the actually act of writing and sharing and then having it recorded for later remembering. So here’s my 2009 highlights: Birthdays: My friends and I decided this year to celebrate… Continue reading

  • The beginning….yet again.

    I’ve decided to start a new blog despite all the previous failed ones. One night, I was feeling frustrated and began writing. Sooner than I could check my Facebook, I had 1,200 words and lots of relief. So I decided… Continue reading